Oil-can.



PATENTED JUNE 1 1907.

A. F. DBMORY.

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED 00134. 1906.

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INVENTOR Y /]L EXA Nam/: DEMO/m- ATTORNEYS No.'857,517. PATENTBD JUNE 18, 1907.

A. F. DEMORY.

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A TTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ALEXANDER F. DEMORY, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR 0E ONE-THIRD TO CARL J. SUHM, 0E HOUSTON, TEXAS.

OIL-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1907.

Application filed October 4;, 1906. Serial No- 337,486.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER F. DE- MORY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in oil cans having for an object to provide a non-explosive oil can from Which oil can be readily poured, and which will be air vented and the pouring and filling means will be so constructed as to render the can non-explosive by preventing the passage of flame to the interior of the can through either the filling or dispensing means; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a can provided with my improve ments. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the up per portion of such can, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views illustrating the filling cap and the parts cooperating therewith. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing a somewhat different construction from that shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Fig. 7 is a detail section on about line 77 of Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 illustrates a somewhat similar construction in which the channel is arranged within instead of on the outer side of the can.

The can A may in general respects be of ordinary construction, and has at its top the filling opening closed by the cap B which may be screwed to place. The cap B has its top plate provided with perforations B extending transversely across the top and a cover plate C is pivoted between its ends and may be turned on its pivot into alinement with the row of perforations B to close the same or may be turned at a right angle to the row of perforations to expose them so air may pass into the can in dispensing oil therefrom. This cover plate is provided along its side edges with upturned flanges C which operate to stiffen the cover plate and also form hand holds for use in turning the plate to its 5 different positions.

Raw cotton or other packing D may be placed within the cap B and retained by a concave disk E of perforated tin or wire gauze, the cotton forming a loose packing within the cap and furnishing an air vent without the necessity of removing the cap, the packing at the same time preventing the blaze from passing through the cap into the can.

The spout F is in the form of a tube secured at one end F to the upper end of the can and extending up about one inch forming the connecting wing 1, bending radially outward at 2 at the upper end of the wing 1, and thence returned downwardly forming the downwardly extending wing 3 which extends down alongside the can about three or four inches, and at its lower end there is a lateral bend 4 approximately in the direction of the circumference of the can and communicating with the upwardly projecting wing 5 which extends up to a point about one inch above the outward bend 2 and having its extremity 6 deflected outwardly to facilitate the discharge of the oil into any suitable receptacle. In practice I usually make the spout with the section 1 about one inch long, and with its section 3 from bend 2 to bend 4 about four inches long so that the oil cannot siphon back into the can and suck in a blaze as the lower end will form a trap standing partly full of oil at all times and the oil cannot burn back in through the spout as it cannot get sufficient air to supply combustion. Therefore oil of any kind can be poured out of the spout into a blaze or fire, or the oil may be ignited at the mouth of the spout without any danger of an explosion.

Manifestly the cap and spout may be applied to cans of any suitable size and the cans may be used for kerosene, gasolene or other explosive oils.

In Fig. 6 the discharge spout is throughout its trapped portion in the form of a channel secured at its open face to the outer side of the can body, communicating at H through a suitable opening with the interior of the can so it may receive oil from the can and conduct the same to its outer discharge end. Fig. 8 shows a somewhat similar construction, in which the channel is provided within the can instead of on the outer side thereof.

In both these constructions the discharge spout communicates atone end with the can,

has a discharge at its other end, and is bent or for closing and exposing said openings, a trapped between its ends below the point of packing Within the cap and a ioraminous :0

connection with the can. disk for retaining said packing, substantially I claim: as set forth. 5 A can having a filling opening and a cap ALEXANDER F. DEMORY.

for closing the same and having said cap pro- Witnesses: vided in its outer plate with venting open- W. 0. LANE,

ings and above said plate with a cover plate W. H. MONAGHAN. 

